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  • #1

    Mark Twain???

    There's a new quote showing after posting. It's the one about keeping your mouth shut and be thought a fool... I would have sworn that Abraham Lincoln was the one who said that.

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  • #2
    Well, quotes often get wrongly attributed to famous people (Churchill is the absolute master of this).
    And why did you post this in the Civ2 forum?

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    • #3
      quote:

      Originally posted by Dr.Oogkloot on 09-05-2000 04:16 PM
      And why did you post this in the Civ2 forum?


      Are you talkin' to me? Because that's where I saw the quote, of course.

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      • #4
        No, it's attributed to Mark Twain. You should've asked in the Apolyton forum though.

        Why MarkG chose this quote when he had a horde a civ-related quotes at his disposal is the real question.
        I'm consitently stupid- Japher
        I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned

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        • #5
          because it's relevant to the posters in the OT, Theben...
          Das Wasser soll dein Spiegel sein
          Erst wenn es glatt ist, wirst du sehen
          Wieviel Märchen dir noch bleibt
          und um Erlösung wirst du flehen.

          The water shall be your mirror
          Only when it's smooth you will see
          How much fairy-tale is left for you
          And you will beg for deliverance.

          'Alter Mann', RAMMSTEIN.

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          • #6
            I appreciate the irony of seeing the Twain quote only *after* one has posted a message. A true case of good advice offered too late. LOL!
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            • #7
              quote:

              Originally posted by cavebear on 09-07-2000 07:12 PM
              I appreciate the irony of seeing the Twain quote only *after* one has posted a message. A true case of good advice offered too late. LOL!


              Excellent point! Never thought of that.

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              Frodo lives!

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              • #8
                "Let us be thankful for the fools, but for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

                Civ relevance - AI = Fool

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